Click on the link here for Audio Player – India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi – National Press Club – November 5, 1971 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984 marked one more tragedy in one of the most influential political dynasties in Asia.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Cream In session at The BBC – Recorded November 1966 – BBC Radio 1 Continuing Retro Week with Cream in session at The BBC from November 1966. This was the first of the BBC sessions the band did, right at the
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Click on the link here for Audio Player – Eric Burdon & The Animals – In Session for The BBC – 1965 – BBC Radio 1 Something Retro this Monday night/Tuesday Morning. Eric Burdon & The Animals (or just The Animals as they were known in 1964), in session at
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Wayne Barlow – The Winter’s Passed – Eastman-Rochester Symphony – Howard Hanson, cond. March 2, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Although Wayne Barlow is primarily known as a Educator, having served as Professor at the Eastman School of Music from
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Lou Reed – Live at Konserthuset – Stockholm, Sweden – May 14, 1974 – Sveriges Radio With the sad news earlier today of the passing of music icon Lou Reed, the blogosphere and airwaves are filled with tributes and reflections on
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Blind Faith – live at Konserthallen Liseberg, Gotesberg, Sweden – June 18, 1969 – Sveriges Radio This one might take some getting used to. In the area of Supergroups and life expectancy, Blind Faith came and went in a flash. Because
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Louvin Brothers – Live At The Hollywood Bowl – June 22, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Well, maybe not really a Pop Culture entry this week, but The Louvin Brothers were an influential duo with a lot of folk
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Foundations Live on Bouton Rouge – Jan. 30, 1968 When I first heard The Foundations, via their massive hits Baby, Now That I’ve Found You and Build Me Up, Butter Cup, it was assumed they were an American Soul outfit, probably
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Haim – Live at Glastonbury 2013 – BBC6 Music Este, Danielle and Alana Haim haven’t been around all that long (in the musical as well as physical sense). But this year has been a good one for the Nu-Folk/Alt/Indie/90s-ish band from
